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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of waste in a canal in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 29/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …

Mysore zoo to breed sparrow in captivity

Shyamsundar Vattam, Mysore, Feb 14, DH News Service: The century-old Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens of Mysore, which has the rare distinction of successfully breeding a number of birds and animals in captivity, is ready for the next challenge

18 urban projects in Mysore, Bangalore await clearance

Nagesh Prabhu The Central Government is yet to clear 18 projects formulated for Bangalore and Mysore (nine each) estimated to cost Rs 1921.53 crore under its ambitious Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The shares of the Central and State governments in these pending projects are Rs 988.48 crore …

Brinjal vs brinjal

A unique festival that celebrated the diversity of brinjal was held in the heritage city of Mysore on 13 December, 2009. Called the

2 city corporations in Karnataka bag waste management award

Two of the city corporations in Karnataka have bagged the first and second positions in solid waste management at the national level. Addressing presspersons here on Monday, Mr Shankar Bhat, Mangalore Mayor, said that the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) has secured the second position in solid waste management in the …

Phantoms Of An Expressway

An illegal make-over of the ambitious Bengaluru Mysore Corridor leaves slumdwellers on the road and the Supreme Court toothless. FOURTEEN YEARS ago, 256 Dalit families from a village slum located just outside Bengaluru pitched tents and fashioned homes out of nothing. Come May 12, 2009 and not a single house …

JNNURM: Nine projects approved

Sreekantswamy B , Mysore, DH News Service: The Union Ministry of Urban Development has given its approval for nine projects under Public Contribution Fund (PCF), a programme that has been conceived under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Mysore City Corporation (MCC) Superintendent Engineer B K Suresh Babu told …

Mysore: Tree Court rules against felling for road widening

The Tree Court of Mysore on Monday put brakes to the proposed road widening work by Mysore City Corporation which involved cutting of a total of 209 trees at two places in the City, by rejecting the proposals submitted in this regard. Deputy Conservator of Forests of Mysore Division Shaswathi …

JNNURM works will be ready by Dasara

Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and District In-charge Minister Shobha Karandlaje on Tuesday said that at least 50 works of the total 137 works planned under the special grant of Rs 100 crore released to Mysore under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) would be completed before Dasara this …

More bus rides

To boost public transport, Centre will help cities buy buses About 15,000 new buses are in the pipeline for 63 cities in the country. The Central urban development ministry launched a new scheme on January 12 to assist states and transport units buy buses for public transport under the Jawaharlal …

Water for profit

Mysore prepares to receive 24x7 water supply GIRIJAMMA A R lives with her family of five in a middle class locality in Mysore. Last month she paid the municipality Rs 240 for 82,000 litres water consumed over a period of two months. This amount may rise to Rs 350 per …

Crisis creation as a municipal exercise

Indore and Mysore do not want to face the challenge of urban governance USUALLY it is in the summer that water appears in newspaper headlines. Spring is yet to arrive

An empirical study of environmental attitude among higher primary school teachers of India and Iran

The present study is an attempt to study the environmental attitude of Indian and Iranian higher primary school teachers in various components. The article tries to answer whether Indian and Iranian teachers differ in their attitude towards environment. A total of 1000 teachers (500 Indian and 500 Iranian) teaching in …

Precipitation chemistry at an urban area of Karnataka, India (2005-2007)

Bulk percipitation displays the combined effects of all water soluble components of precipitation. Dust from the earth's surface is commonly assumed to be alkaline; it is commonly reported in the literature as a constituent of the atmosphere and of precipitation. Alkaline and alkaline earth cations in precipitation are typically attributed …

Urban development policy for tier 2, 3 cities mooted

Mysore, DHNS: The State government has convened a meeting of Commissioners of all urban development authorities in Bangalore on September 1 to formulate an

The fowls of the air

THE latest news from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) points out that all the warnings and pleading of conservationists have gone unheeded, and the world has lost nearly one-third of its bird species. India, rich in birdlife, has been particularly badly hit. In the IUCN Red List …

Rampant food adulteration in Mysore

a survey conducted recently in Mysore in Karnataka revealed some of the common adulterants found in food products: metanil yellow and lead chromate, both inorganic dyes used in leather, paper and textile industries. These are known to cause anaemia, failure of reproductive organs, infertility, stomach disorders, cancer, paralysis and brain …

The winner that came in from the cold

Jain Irrigation Systems is the second-largest drip irrigation company in the world and one of the largest suppliers of ducting to telcos globally. Now, it's eyeing revenues of $1 billion, krishna gopalan Finance minister p. Chidambaram's newfound love for the farm sector

From software to saplings

Ashwin Upadhyay and Anilkumar, quit their plum jobs with an MNC in the Capital and have returned to Mysore with the aim of making it greener. They have not only taken up the task of planting saplings all over the city themselves, but they are also inspiring others into their …

RIL to set up semiconductor fab, solar photovoltaic units

Hi-tech investments: The Minister for IT & Communications, Mr A. Raja, addressing a press conference in the Capital on Thursday. New Delhi, April 3 Marking the largest-ever project under the new semiconductor policy, Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has approached the Government with plans to set up a semiconductor …

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